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Behind the Aegis

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Tue Jul 23, 2019, 12:28 AM Jul 2019

Man who threatened to kill kids & gays at San Diego Pride is also a repeat bank robber

Two days before San Diego’s July 12 – 14 Pride weekend, an anonymous man called the event organizers to tell them, “I think I’m going to have to kill all the gays and the children. I hate the f*ggots.”

He hung up and reportedly called back minutes later to say, “F*ck Donald Trump. I hate Hillary. I hate f*gs. I’m going to shoot up the Pride event.”

San Diego police identified the caller as a 31-year-old man named Andre Lafayette Holmes. Police later pulled him over at a traffic light, found that he had a cell phone matching the number used to make the calls.


According to Newsweek, “When SDPD investigators searched his vehicle and home, they found evidence of from the three robberies, including a large bag of cash, a semi-automatic pistol, [a rubber "old man mask”] and clothing that matches what the robber was wearing in surveillance videos.”

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Man who threatened to kill kids & gays at San Diego Pride is also a repeat bank robber (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Jul 2019 OP
quelle surprise!!! Celerity Jul 2019 #1
Good work, SDPD! Anon-C Jul 2019 #2
Lucky catch. Good job SDPD! marble falls Jul 2019 #3
I wonder if he's pals with the ass who threw a tear gas bomb at the San Diego BigmanPigman Jul 2019 #4

BigmanPigman

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4. I wonder if he's pals with the ass who threw a tear gas bomb at the San Diego
Tue Jul 23, 2019, 02:35 AM
Jul 2019

Pride Parade in 1999. I was effected by that stuff but it wasn't bad enough to make me go home since I ran around the corner of a building with my friends until it blew past. It didn't stop the parade and the pride was everywhere, stronger than ever.

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